The Marina Alta is a geographically privileged region. In it we can find beaches, rivers, mountains, as well as towns with a unique charm. Well, we know that, but soon viewers from all over Spain and from all countries will have Marina Alta for a while. Both on the small and on the big screen.
It is true that it has always been a place in demand for audiovisual products, from movies and series to television commercials. But, in recent months, this interest in the place it has increased, attracting several film crews to different locations in our region.
This influx of recording equipment has increased so much that, coinciding with the difficulties of distribution in times of COVID, a kind of bottleneck of pending products that will arrive in the next few months, almost at once, to our screens. To the big ones and the small ones.
Today we review all the shootings experienced in recent times, which have not yet seen the light -at least in commercial theaters-, or one that has just been released but that already promises to return, and we will tell you in what phase the project is.
The substitute
Óscar Aibar directs to Ricardo Gomez (Tell) already Vicky Luengo (Riot gear) in this thriller set in Dénia, at the time when its coastline was converted, with the approval of Francoism and the Transition, into a paradise for ex-high Nazi officials. These lived in style in the regional capital, holding parties in which they boasted of their participation in the fascist regime, proudly wearing their official costumes and accompanied and clothed by politicians and other personalities of the area.
In order to be as faithful as possible to this story, the team he moved to Dénia for several weeks in October to shoot in different parts of the city and its surroundings.
Until the next October 29 will not be released in commercial cinemas throughout Spain, but already those privileged people who have attended the Malaga Festival, where the film competed in the Official Section. Thanks to this participation we have been able to see a first trailer and the poster.
Synopsis
Spain, 1982. A young policeman (Ricardo Gómez), hardened in the harshest neighborhoods of Madrid, accepts a destination in a small seaside town, hoping to cure his daughter and gain quality of life. Once there, he is involved in the investigation of the strange murder of the inspector whom he has to replace. Little by little, his suspicions lead him to a beach hotel where several old Nazis reside who have been claimed by many countries for crimes against humanity.
Paradise
Paradise It is the summer bet in television series format of Movistar + that drinks a lot, a lot, of international success Stranger Things. The series, which mix thriller with fantasy, is located in Spain in 1992, specifically in a small town on the coast. More specifically still, a town that mixes scenarios of Xàbia, Calpe, as well as Altea and Alfàs del Pi.
In the region of the Marina Alta they were filming their cast, among which names such as those of Macarena Garcia o Gorka otxoa, during the first half of last year. However, until a few days ago it had not been released, and it can be seen on the Movistar + platform, which has announced that it is renewing the fiction for a second season.
Synopsis
Set in 1992, three 15-year-old girls disappear at a disco in a small town on the Levante coast. Without leaving any clues, everything indicates that the police are following the wrong path in the investigation.For this reason, Sandra's little brother, Javi, along with his friends Quino and Álvaro begin a parallel investigation. Also, they are joined by the Zeta-class thug. Together they manage to discover that those responsible for the disappearance of the three young women do not belong to this world.
The inmortal
As well Movistar + chose several points of the Marina Alta, such as Dénia and Xàbia, to roll your future serialized bet: The inmortal. It recounts the rise and fall of the head of the drug gang The Miami, resorting to ingenuity to transform the coast of these municipalities into landscapes more typical of the city of Florida.
The project is still in full shooting, having made his first approach to the region in Dénia on May 24, so the release date is still unknown, although it will not be until 2022.
Synopsis
During the 90s, cocaine trafficking and control of Madrid's nightclubs was in the hands of a gang that monopolized hundreds of covers and television programs: Los Miami. His name caused the panic of those who heard him. The Immortal was the boss of them all. This story is inspired by his reign and the city that saw him die so many times.
Uncharted
The adaptation of the acclaimed video game franchise of N is called to be one of the blocksbusters, and possible sagas, of the moment. It has everything to be an international success: a legion of fans of the original work, the support of a production company like Sony Pictures and the participation of a luxury cast. In the acting section, the leading role of Tom Holland (Spider-Man: Homecoming) as Nathan Drake, Mark Wahlberg y Antonio Banderas.
Own Holland moved to the Marina Alta, to Xàbia, to shoot what seemed to emulate a desert in the Arenal. In one of these days even took the opportunity to take a picture with his fans.
This adventure film, halfway between a Indiana Jones and a tomb raider, is scheduled to premiere in February 2022.
Synopsis
This adaptation of the successful video game series created by Naughty Dog is a prequel to the series, where we will discover the details of how young bounty hunter Nathan Drake (Tom Holland) came to meet his mentor and friend Victor Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg).
